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quarantine quaran+tin-ten quar-square正方形，四方形

詞匯起源
Date: 1600-1700; Language: Italian; Origin: quarantina 'period of forty days', from Old French, from quarante 'forty', from Latin quadraginta]
a period of time when a person or animal is kept apart from others in case they are carrying a disease

period of time during which a vehicle, person, or material suspected of carrying a contagious disease is detained at a port of entry under enforced isolation to prevent disease from entering a country. A place for such detention.
Enforced isolation or restriction of free movement imposed to prevent the spread of contagious disease.
A condition of enforced isolation.
To isolate in or as if in quarantine.
To isolate politically or economically.
vt. 檢疫；隔離；使隔離
n. 檢疫；隔離；檢疫期；封鎖
vi. 實行隔離

例句：
The ship is still in rigorous quarantine.
該船仍在接受嚴格的隔離檢疫。
The health officials placed the ship’s crew in quarantine.
衛生官員將該船的全體船員隔離, 進行檢疫。

quarry quar-cor-heart

詞匯起源
[Sense: 1; Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: quarriere, from an unrecorded quarre 'square stone', from Latin quadrum 'square']
[Sense: 2; Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French; Origin: cuiree 'inside parts of a killed animal given to the hunting dogs', probably from Late Latin corata, from Latin cor 'heart']

An open excavation or pit from which stone is obtained by digging, cutting, or blasting.
A rich or productive source: found the book an indispensable quarry of information.
tr.v. quar·ried, quar·ry·ing, quar·ries
To obtain (stone) from a quarry, as by cutting, digging, or blasting.
To extract (facts, for example) by long, careful searching: finally quarried out the genealogy from hundreds of sources.
To use (land) as a quarry.
A hunted animal; prey. Hunted animals considered as a group; game.
An object of pursuit
n. 方形石,菱形石；采石場；獵物，被追逐的目標；來源
vi.費力地找
vt.采石； 挖出；努力挖掘

例句：
They are quarrying the hillside for marble.
他們正從山坡上采大理石。
He quarried in various books for scientific basis.
他從各種書籍中搜尋科學根據。
The policeman watched his quarry go into a bar.
警察看著他在追捕的人走進一家酒吧。

squad ‘square formation of troops’

詞匯起源
Date: 1600-1700; Language: French; Origin: escouade, from escadre, from Italian squadra 'square', from Vulgar Latin exquadra; SQUARE2]

A small group of people organized in a common endeavor or activity.
The smallest tactical unit of military personnel.
A small unit of police officers.
Sports. An athletic team
n. [軍]班；小隊；五人組（籃球隊的非正式說法）
vt. 把…編成班；把…編入班

squadron on=-oon 表示增大的后綴 balloon
A naval unit consisting of two or more divisions of a fleet.
An armored cavalry unit subordinate to a regiment and consisting of two or more troops.
A cavalry or armored unit of a European army, corresponding to a company.
A basic tactical air force unit, subordinate to a group and consisting of two or more flights.
A multitude or horde
n. 空軍中隊；一群；騎兵中隊；分遣隊
vt. 把…編成中隊

例句：
Both of the dead men were identified as from No 15 squadron.
兩名死者都被認出是15中隊的。

詞源小故事

abigail n.侍女，女仆

貴婦人的貼身侍女英語有時可用abigail來表示。基督教《圣經》故事中有個人物就叫Abigail。她因丈夫拿八（Nabal）拒絕支持大衛（David）而深表歉意，多次謙稱自己為大衛的“侍女”，拿八死后被大衛納為妻室之一。此后，許多作家都曾用該詞作為侍女或女仆的名字。英國女王安妮（Anne）身邊有一位臭名昭著的女侍臣也叫“Abigail”，全名是Abigail Hill。反復而廣泛的使用，使Abigail最終由專有名詞轉化為普通名詞，成為“侍女”或“女仆”的代稱。